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J. K. WORTHINGTON V BUNDLE CARRIER AND DROPPER FOR HARVESTBBS. No. 282,942.

PatentedAug. 7, 1883 N. PETERS. Photo-lithograph. Washington. at

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

' JAMEsK. wonrnineron, or KIRKWOOD, ASSIGNOR or ONE-TENTH TO WILLIAM T. GAUSS, or sr. Louis, MIssoUnI.

BU N'DLE CARRIER AND DROPPER FOR HARV'ESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES K. WORTHING TON, of Kirkwood, Missouri, have made anew and useful Improvement in Bundle Carriers and Droppers for Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a harvester having the improvement. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the carrier, and showing the extension of the harvester-frame to which the carrier is attached; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse sectionof the carrier when closed, and Fig. 4 an end elevation of the carrier when opened.

I The sameletters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvement in harvesters having binder attachments and bun dle-carriers.

In the drawings, A represents a harvester having a binder attachment, the details of y which it is notthought necessary to set out, as

the operation of the present improvement is not dependent upon any special feature of the binder, the only relation between the two being that the bundles, after being bound and discharged from the binder, are passed into the bundle-carrier. I

Brepresents the bundle-carrien It is arranged so that the bundles as they come from the binder (which may be in the; space lettered O, or at any other suitable part of the It is attached to and supported by a suitable extension-such as Dof the harvester-frame or driving-wheel casing, and at a level" below that point from which the bundles are delivered, and sufliciently so both to insure the proper placing of the bundles in the carrier and to entirely separate the bundles in the carrier from those coming after. The carrier is made in two parts, I) and b, hinged together at I)" b, at the part 6 opening away from the part b at b. The carrier is suitably shaped at the bottom b to support and retain the bundles when the bottom of the carrier is closed, and

at the top 12 is made open to allow the bundles to fall into the carrier.

The part b is the accumulates in it.

part of Letters Patent No. 282,942, dated August 7, 1883. Application filed October 4, 1881. (No model.) 7

E represents alever supported and arranged to turn upon the bearing F. The handle 0. of

the lever is extended to be within reach of the 2, and '3, until the desired number of bundles The driver then depresses the handle 6 of the lever E, causing the carrier to open at the bottom, substantially as shown in Fig. 4, and the contents of the carrier .to be dropped to the ground.

It will be noticed that no projection, stationary or movable within'the bundle-carrier, interferes with the dropping of the bundles into the carrier, or disturbs the bundles in the carrier after they are deposited therein; nor is there any ledge upon which the bundles can catch or rest and thereby be prevented from droppingout of the carrier to the ground when the carrier is opened. The construction and operation of the carrier are such that not any part or attachment of it will strike the bundles after they have been dropped on the ground. .On releasing the handle e the part b closes against the part b and the x operation is repeated. The bearing F is supported by the standards f f.

Thoughl prefer this form of construction, I

tain the bundles when the carrier. is closed,

and the part-Z) opening away from. the part b at b and the part I) being shaped to enable the bundles to slide off when thecarrier is opened, constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

-Witness my hand.

J. K. wonrnmeron.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, CHARLES PIoKLEs.

8 5 I do not limit myself to it, as it is evident that 

